bayou

• Substantif désignant un plan d'eau lent, marécageux ou stagnant, généralement un bras ou un chenal d'un lac ou d'une rivière, souvent caractéristique du sud des États-Unis, notamment du Mississippi et de la Louisiane.

A noun referring to a swampy, slow-moving body of water, typically an arm or outlet of a lake or river, commonly found in the southern United States, especially in Mississippi and Louisiana.

1. Swampy waterwayB2formalamerican

   A slow-moving, marshy body of water, often a tributary or outlet of a lake, commonly found in the southern United States, especially in Mississippi and Louisiana.

   Chenal marécageux

   • The alligators live in the murky waters of the bayou.
   • They took a boat tour through the Louisiana bayou.
   • Spanish moss hangs from the trees along the bayou.

   Synonymesbackwatercreeksloughstreamwaterway